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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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(Concluded
in
the
next
issue)
Murder
Madness
CONCLUSION
OF
A
FOUR-PART
NOVEL
By
Murray
Leinster
[Sidenote:
Bell
has
fought
through
tremendous
obstacles
to
find
and
kill
The
Master,
whose
diabolical
poison
makes
murder-mad
snakes
of
the
hands;
and,
as
he
faces
the
monster
at
last--his
own
hands
start
to
writhe!]
CHAPTER
XV
The
door
of
the
car
swung
wide,
and
Ortiz's
pale
grim
face
peered
in
behind
the
blue
steel
barrel
of
his
automatic.
He
smiled
queerly
as
Jamison,
with
a
grunt
of
relief,
tapped
Bell's
wrist
in
sign
to
put
away
his
weapon.
"Ah,
very
well,"
said
Ortiz,
with
the
same
queer
smile
upon
his
face.
"One
moment."
He
disappeared.
On
the
instant
there
was
the
thunderous
crashing
of
a
weapon.
Bell
started
up,
but
Jamison
thrust
him
back.
Then
Ortiz
appeared
again
with
smoke
still
trickling
from
the
barrel
of
his
pistol.
"I
have
just
done
something
that
I
have
long
wished
to
do,"
he
observed
coolly.
"I
have
killed
the
chauffeur
and
his
companion.
You
may
alight,
now.
I
believe
we
will
have
half
an
hour
or
more.
It
will
do
excellently."
He
offered
his
hand
to
Paula
as
she
stepped
out.
She
seemed
to
shudder
a
little
as
she
took
it.
"I
do
not
blame
you
for
shuddering,
Senorita,"
he
said
politely,
"but
men
who
are
about
to
die
may
indulge
in
petty
spites.
And
the
chauffeur
was
a
favorite
with
the
deputy
for
whom
I
am
substituting.
Like
all
favorites
of
despots,
he
had
power
to
abuse,
and
abused
it.
I
could
tell
you
tales,
but
refrain."
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